I was just curious as when we might see a new update or lakes for this game?I really enjoy the game and have told several people about it.I personally would like to see a new lake with mostly smallmouth and some nice ones at that.But keep it realistic.Thanks and tight lines to all members.

A: Several more lakes:7B: A river or two:10C: A lake editor so you could add your own:10D: More species of fish:8E: Live bait:8F: Fly fishing:8G: The ability to walk or wade:9

Along with a river, I would have to say the ability to anchor the boat would be a must. Tough enough on windy days on the lake without that. Wading and bank fishing on a river would be great, drive your boat to that hotspot, get out and fish. Oops! my boat! Fly fishing follows naturally from the wading aspect and would be great for the river as well.*** If bait-fishing comes up, I'd like to see a younger character added too. My youthful days were filled with bobber and bait fishing for bluegill, crappie and the rare bass. Be nice to revisit those.

I would also give a big 10 to a lake editor and more species of fish. Rivers and fly fishing I already have with RWFF. Although, rivers and fly fishing would most definately include more species of fish (trout, salmon, steelhead, etc). I feel there needs to be a way for the game to keep record of the biggest fish by species by lake also... Might want to have mounts on the wall in the bait shop showing biggest fish caught in that lake by species..Just an idea.

Here's what I'd like to see, ordered by importance (first one most important, last one least important):

1) Live baitWorms, minnows, ... heck maybe even dipbait or cutbait! Bobbers and custom rig options a must.This would be great. I often want to just cast, relax, and enjoy the nature ambience (or maybe a talk radio podcast). This would also add to the realism of the game.

2) Several more lakesYou can never have enough lakes. Offer varying structure and hidden surprises (submerged boats and such are cool - I've seen some in other games). A lake editor would also be absolutely awesome, but difficult from a programmer's standpoint; making it user-friendly would be tricky.

3) A river or twoAs with #2, why not? More lakes, why not a river or two?

4) A lake editor so you could add your own'Nuff said

5) More species of fishSure, why not? Carp, drum, catfish, gar... you could really have fun with this.

6) The ability to walk or wade.There's another 3D fishing game out there that's pulled this off nicely. I think it'd be a great feature.

7) Fly fishingHere is where I disagree. If you've already made a dedicated fly fishing game, I'd stick to it. Focus on the more important stuff.

This is an awesome forum. Thanks Paul for listening to your game fans!

Actually reading one of the other posts live bait could be really really cool if done the right way. Like I mentioned in another post the water would have to be murkier so you cant see the fish. That way you can cast out a slip bobber and wait for it to go under. If you can see the fish that defeats the whole purpose of the slip bobber going under because you would just watch the fish swim up to your bait and eat which takes the fun out of it. But I can see setting up a slip bobber along a weed edge with a big minnow or something for walleyes and bass as a really fun experience. Or even setting out some cutbait in a deeper hole for some big channel cats or flathead cats in a river. Theres some really amazing fishing experiences you can create if done the right way and it would be just like real life.

Paul: Here's my take on new features to VRS. Live bait gets a 10 from me and a river or two would be great too.

Now here's where I might differ from your other users: I personally feel that RWFF got away from you when you allowed everyone to addtheir personal outings to the game. Now, I'm not against adding lakes etc. but you should have control over the add ons. I want themto be as good as the original and you would have to admit that some outings in RWFF fell below a set standard. Now I haven't been addingany outings from RWFF since I have been fishing VRS and there are probably 30 or more outings now. This is way to much for anyone to absorb much less fish. How can you possibly fish over 100 outings in RWFF. All I'm trying to say is to keep the add ons to VRS under your control.

I probably should have let you know my feelings on this personally but if the Bass fishermen and women in this game came from RWFF they would knowwhat I'm talking about.

Hey, that's what this forum is all about, telling others and Paul how you feel.

We definitely need a record book too for each of the lakes. I think thats a pretty simple update but it adds a whole lot to the game because it gives us something to shoot for everytime we fish freely instead of a tournament. I actually just made my own record log in excel because I like to see what lakes are better for certain fish. I really gotta say I LOVE the realistic fish sizes. I am so tired of catching 10lb bass every other cast in other games. Personally I love fishing eagle lake because the bass definitely seem to be smaller on that lake but there is potential for some nice largemouths. I think I caught one almost 7lbs which is super realistic since I have spent a lot of time fishing that lake. I love having to actually WORK to find a 10lber.